RAM makers are drowning in debt to keep up with AI's chip appetite
Adata, Apacer, and TeamGroup have collectively raised over $880 million through bonds and loans
Nvidia's latest Game Ready drivers deliver worthwhile gains in Forza Horizon 6
Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Drivers include day-one support for the hugely popular Forza Horizon 6, and based on our testing, the update brings noticeable performance improvements. While Game Ready drivers do not always deliver meaningful launch-day gains, Nvidia appears to have implemented worthwhile last-minute optimizations this time.
Intel may be forcing PC makers to buy its newer 18A chips by cutting off the old ones
Much of the limited Intel 7 capacity is being allocated to higher-margin enterprise products
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 80% off the regular price.
Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for
Two years after replacing Ctrl and Menu keys on millions of keyboards
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
How APIs and developer tools are quietly reshaping the way search works
Sony's luxury 1000X headphones celebrate 10 years of premium ANC audio
Sony's new 1000X "The ColleXion" headphones celebrate a decade of the company's flagship ANC lineup with a more luxurious take on the WH-1000XM6 formula. Built around the same QN3-powered noise canceling platform, early impressions praise the upgraded materials, comfort, and refined tuning, though the premium design also brings a much higher price tag and shorter battery life.
Sony's PC gaming era is over – at least for single-player games
Multiplayer titles will still come to PC, but story-driven games are staying on PlayStation
In brief: Sony is revising its position on PlayStation exclusives following months of speculation on the matter. While it's not a total shutout of competing platforms, the development will impact fans of a particular genre.
Asus and HP unveil Intel Wildcat Lake laptops starting at $449 to rival Apple's MacBook Neo
Only available in China for now, but expected to launch globally soon
Apple to host final WWDC of the Tim Cook era on June 8
WWDC 2026 will run for four days and highlight OS updates, AI advancements, and more
This gorgeous fanless RTX 5080 PC turns passive cooling into a thermal nightmare
A triple-radiator chimney was not enough to tame over 500W of hardware
WTF?! We've seen PC builds that prioritize performance, ones that focus on silence, and those that look like they belong in a cyberpunk art gallery. Billet Labs' latest project falls firmly into the latter – as usual. It's a custom passive water-cooled gaming PC with no fans, lots of copper, and enough heat to make its creator admit the internet might have had a point.
LG unveils the world's first 1080p gaming monitor with a native 1,000Hz refresh rate
No 720p resolution compromise required
Microsoft's new tech cuts Forza Horizon 6's shader loading time from 90 seconds to four seconds
Advanced Shader Delivery moves compilation to the cloud, Nvidia RTX support coming later this year
Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI jobs while laying off thousands more
At Meta, employees are either losing jobs to AI or being reassigned to build it
The Best Mouse: Our Favorite Mice for Work and Play
The best mice for work, gaming, and everything in between – tested and ranked across every category, from budget picks to flagship wireless.
Elon Musk loses OpenAI trial after jury says he waited too long to sue
Musk says the ruling was a "calendar technicality" and plans to appeal
What just happened? Elon Musk isn't accustomed to losing, but the world's richest man just felt the sting of defeat in his trial against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and President Greg Brockman. A federal jury said that Musk had waited too long to file his suit, which accused the defendants of violating an agreement to keep OpenAI as a charitable non-profit organization.
Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen?
Two AI "co-hosts" cover news, sports, and more, pulling from outlets like the AP, Reuters, and Washington Post
TP-Link's tiny 5-port Gigabit switch drops to just $9
The TP-Link LiteWave LS1005G is a simple a 5-port Gigabit switch, currently available for just $9. That's 50% off its usual Amazon price. The unmanaged switch offers plug-and-play setup, fanless operation, and Gigabit speeds across all five ports.
ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop
LLM or not, paper authors will be responsible for whatever they post to the archive
Terraria celebrates 15 years of crafting, mining, and survival
A deceptively simple sandbox that's sold 70 million copies
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SECURITY
Researcher claims Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker
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SCIENCE
New magnetic switch runs 1,000x faster than AI chips, and barely generates heat
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EX-GOOGLE CEO
Eric Schmidt's AI-heavy graduation speech backfires
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11-YEAR LOCKOUT
Man who lost Bitcoin wallet password recovers $400,000 using Claude AI
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THE ANTI-FLAGSHIP
Sony Xperia 1 VIII: headphone jack, microSD, and thick bezels in 2026
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VIRTUAL MACHINE
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings quality-of-life upgrades
Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
3D CCD recycles decades-old technology to address the AI memory crunch
One company now controls more than 4% of all Bitcoin
Strategy is closing in on one million Bitcoin after spending another $2 billion
Dell makes its strongest case yet for keeping AI out of the cloud
Dell counts 5,000 enterprise customers for its AI Factory, moving from pitch to proof
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT deal drops to $629 as GPU prices slowly cool off
Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC is down to $629 on Amazon as a Lightning Deal, marking one of the lower prices we've seen for the card these days. It features 16GB GDDR6 memory, triple-fan cooling, factory overclocking, and enough horsepower for high-refresh 1440p gaming with capable 4K performance in most modern titles.
A Windows 11 speed boost is coming as soon as next month, along with a taskbar you can finally move
The Low Latency Profile feature promises snappier app launches and shell responsiveness
Discord improves Linux support with Steam Deck and distro-friendly upgrades
Discord is now more Linux friendly than ever before, having rolled out major improvements for the OS, including official packages for Fedora and Arch distros. A new self-updater brings Linux closer to the Windows experience, and better support for the Steam Deck. The update also adds hardware video acceleration for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs.
Forget Raspberry Pi: this computer is literally the size of a credit card
A Redditor's 1mm-thick build includes Wi-Fi, NFC, an e-paper display, and its own battery
The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have?
One button, two buttons... three?
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings broader Linux support and quality-of-life upgrades
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 adds broader Linux support, full 64-bit Windows components, and direct connections to remote ESXi Arm hosts. The update also introduces several quality-of-life fixes requested since Broadcom made Workstation free. For developers, tinkerers, and anyone juggling Linux distros or Windows test environments, Workstation Pro remains one of the easiest ways to run reliable virtual machines on a PC.
Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough
Japan's answer to record bear attacks is a nightmare-inducing robotic Monster Wolves
Samsung avoids worst-case strike scenario as court restricts union action
The ruling limits disruption at Samsung's chip plants as 45,000 workers prepare for a walkout
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's AI-heavy graduation speech goes badly as graduates drown him out with boos
Schmidt's attempt to sell students on AI followed another boo-filled commencement speech days earlier
Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat
University of Tokyo's antiferromagnetic spintronic switch operates at picosecond speeds
AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn
Hackers only need photos from within 5 feet
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